Lasting machine



Patented Aug. 30, 1927.

WILLIAM F. FLICKINGEB, or nimrco'r'r,

MACHINERY CORPORATION, 01 PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OFNEW JERSEY.

LASTING MACHINE.

NEW YORK, ASSIGNORY'IO UNITED SHOE.

Application filed November 1, 1922. Serial No. 598,41 i.

This invention relates to work rests and particularly to a shoe bottom rest designed for use on a hand method lasting machine of" the type disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 58 lfi' i-eggranted June 15, 1897011 application of Ladd'& McFeely.

Machines of this type are usually provided, as shown in United. States Letters'rats ent No. 873,018, granted December 10, 1907 on application of James Cavanagh, with a shoe rest comprising a rigid member" supported on the machine frame and having at its lower end .a foot to engage the innersole of a shoe. Theshoe engaging face of the foot is given an inclination which is proper for engaging the shoe bottom evenly and throughout its extent, when some parts of the shoe are being lasted, but since the rest is rigid and its shoe engaging face is in a fixed plane, the face cannot squarelyengage the shoe bottom when the plane of the shoe bottom is changed asis necessary in lasting other portions of the shoe. The shoe engaging face of the rest is provided with teeth which diginto the shoe bottom and prevent its slipping in reponse to'the operation of the lasting instrumentalities, particularly to action of the wiper in wiping the upper over the shoe bottom, but when the inclination of the shoe bottom is such that it does not cor respond to the plane of the toothed shoe engaging face of the rest, only part of the teeth are effective in holding the shoe and there fore the shoe is liable to slip.

'Accordinglyan object of this invention is to provide a shoe rest of simple construction which will engage and hold the shoefroni slipping irrespectively of the inclination of the shoe bottom as it is presented to the lasting instrumentalities of the machine.

Features of the invention consist in a shoe rest having a bottom engagingmember arranged for edge contact with theshoe bottom, said edge being of substantial extent and preferably directed transversely of the machine so that a shoe resting against said edge may be tipped relatively to. the lasting instrumentalities about the edge as an axis.

The edge of the illustrated member istoothed to prevent slipping of the shoe held against it. This member is also arranged to tip about an axis at right angles to its shoe engaging edge, the said axis preferably extending from front to rear of the machine in an upwardly inclined direction sothat the shoe and member may be tipped about the axis of the member as well as about the edge of the member as an axis. As shown '7 herein the rest is supported as usual on the machine frame and has the usual general shape and direction. At its lower end or foot portion, however, the rest is slotted transversely in a plane substantially perpendicular-to the shoe bottom and a shoe engaging member in the form of a thin blade or plate toothed on one edge is inserted in the slot with its teeth extending beyond the slot. The blade is pivoted between its ends to the rest and the slot is suilicient'ly deep to allow a limited tipping of theblade upon the pivot. V p v in the drawing, Fig.1 is a side view of the operating instrumentalities of a lasting machine pro vided with a, work rest embodying the present invention, a, shoe undergoing the lasting process being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View, partly in sec-* tion, of the lower end ofthe're'st and shoe engaging member; and y I I Fig. 3 is an elevation of the rest, looking outwardly from the machine, the shoe being shown in longitudinal section.

Fig. 1 shows, in section, a shoe being presented against the edge rest of a hand method lasting machine. The lasting instruf mentalities of the machine comprise a grip per 4 operated in the usual manner to up draw and overdraw the upper and a wiper 6 operated a horizontal direction to wipethe upper over the feather of the innersole and against the innersole rib where it is secured by a tack inserted by operation of the driver 8. The machineframe carries abra'cket 10 to which is adjustably secured arest 12 which extends downwardlyla nd inwardly toward the machine.

The lower end of the rest 12 provided the shoe bottom. Hence a shoe resting against the edge may be tipped about the edge as an axis in a vertical plane extending in a direction from front to rear of the machine. The shoe engaging edge'of the member 16 is provided with teeth 20 to prevent the innersole from slipping -when pressed against it. In order to permit the shoe to be tipped in a plane extending transversely of the machine, for example in'the plane in which the member 16 lies, Without disturbing the holdingengagement of the teeth 20,'the member 16 is mounted for movement with the shoe about an at right angles to its shoe engaging edge. This axis as shoWn is provided by a pin QQinounted in the rest 12 and passing through the member 16 between its ends, there being a space between the upper edge of the memher '16 and the bottom of'the slot 14 to permit a limited free movement of the member on the pin 22. I/Vith this construction, a

shoe in the hands of the lasting machine operator, and located by the edge rest 2,1nay be pressed against the lower toothed edge of the member 16 and, without disturbing the holding engagement of the teeth, may be given a tipping movementin either of two directions in order properly to present the shoe to the operating instrumentalities of themachi'ne. That is to say, the shoe may-be moved about the shoe engaging edge of the member '16 as an axis without movement of the member itself and may be moved about an axis at right angles to the edge of the member 16, the member then moving with the shoe on its pivot 22; In practice these'movements will, of course, be

' combined to any extent required in presenting different portions of the periphery of the shoe upper to the lasting instrumentali tiestof the machine, the teeth 20 remaining at all times in firm holding engagement with the innersole.

l-Ia'ving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States is:

1'. A shoe bottom rest comprising a supporting portion and a plate having its edge tooth-ed to engage the shoe bottom, said plate being pivoted between its ends to the supporting portion and freely movable by the shoe on its pivot, the edge of said plate providing a second axis about which the shoe may be tipped.

2. A shoe bottom rest comprising-a supporting member having a slot in its lower face extendingtransversely of said member in a "plane perpendicular to the shoe bottom,

and a plate pivoted in said slot and having an edge extending beyond the slot to-engage the shoe bottom, sai'dedge forming the only support for the shoe bottom and providing an axis about which the shoe may be tipped. V

3. A shoe'bottom rest comprisinjgaxsupporting member, anda plate freely pivoted to said member and extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the shoe bottom, one edge of said member having a line of teethto afford the o'nl holding engagementofthe rest with the shoe bottom and to'provid'e an axis about which the shoe may be tipped.

4; A shoe bottom 'rest comprising a'support and a plate secured to the support for movement in is own plane, said plate being arranged to contact withthe shoe bottom at one edge face" only sothat a shoe resting against saide'dge face maybe tipped'relativ'ely to the plate about said edge face as an axis and may be tipped in another direction by movement of the shoe with the plate in its own plane;

5. In a' lasting 'machine, a shoe bottom rest comprising a plate having atoothed edge face to provide an axis aboutwhich the shoe may be tipped, said plate being mounted for free rocking movement with f 90 the shoe about an axis at'right angles to'its edge. a

6. In a lasting machine, a shoe bottom rest comprising a 'mem'ber presenting edge contact only for the shoe to provide an axis about which the shoe may be tipped, said member being mounted for free tipping movement with the shoe on another axis. I

7. In a lasting machine, a shoe bottom rest comprising a member presenting edge contact only for the shoe and" mounted for. tipping movement on an axis arranged at right angles to its edge so that a shoe pressed against the member may be tipped about the line of said contact with 'the member as an axis and may be tipped with the member about the axis efthe member. 8. In a lasting machine, a reciprocating wiper, a shoe rest comprising a support and a member arranged to provide an edge contact for the shoe bottom, said edge extending at right angles to the path of'mov'en'ient of the Wiper'to permit positioning move ment of the shoe relatively to the path'of the wiper aboutsaid edge as an axis. i

In testimony whereof I havesigne-d my name to this specification.

WILLIAM rmoxmens. 

